As much as general managers try to conceal their intentions leading into the draft, Dave Gettleman was pretty transparent about the likelihood of trading some of the Giants’ 12 picks.

“Having 12 picks is crazy,” Gettleman said last week. “We are going to do what we need to. If the situation calls for it and there is a guy there that we feel can really help us but he is a few picks in front and we are not confident or comfortable that he will fall to us, if we feel the need, we will make the move. I am not afraid to do that.”

Gettleman’s track record supports that assertion. While he stood pat last year in his first draft as Giants general manager, Gettleman traded up five times in five drafts while running the show in Carolina. He never traded back and never incorporated picks from a future draft in a draft-day trade.

Gettleman’s propensity for draft-day trades and deals for players involving picks often left the Panthers among the teams with...